"Culture: What It Is." and "Transformation: Creating Context, Part 2." What new insights have you gained about culture and intercultural competenc

Many students are set in a manner to learn a certain way .Parents model to their child certain behavior, that was instill since birth and not allowing them to make an error or mistake, or even take on responsibility for their own action. I think to emit change as a transformative teacher, one will have to approach a child to accept the knowledge of learning, Accepting new information that was not learned before, or even taught to them from their parents. This in itself is a paradigm shift. Each time information is given, it is up to the student as an individual to take what is given to him/her, process it and deliver this information to their own understanding. Paradigm shift is a continuous medium for students in school. Information approaches a student by either a closed teacher or an open teacher. I myself hope to facilitate to students as an open teacher, I am willing to hear them out and let them know it is alright, if they give an answer incorrect. We sometimes learn better from being wrong than to a know it all. On an elementary level, students can be very resilient. If I taught them as a closed teacher they might not want to share or participate if corrected on an answer. I want my students to be open on issues and share their own beliefs and also learn to welcome criticism. I don’t fear transformation and students should not either. It is alright if we have different opinions. And that is great. It is this difference that makes a paradigm shift possible. We have to think of the NOW. We need to prepare our students at any school level about change and differences. I agree there are cultures that look and accept changes differently, but the fact is we all have something in common. No matter what culture we are in change does happen, and we sometimes have to tolerate these changes. As a teacher it will be my duty to reinforce new knowledge taught to my students, and however they implement this information, it is alright to take risk. It is my job to correct and comfort them, taking them through transformation with diligence and sincerity. If many students learned to accept being different is alright, and not subject to their parents ignorance for change, then they can acknowledge accepting transformation. So as a transformative teacher, I hope to encourage my students to be independent and allow them to advance with confidence to accept change.